PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Elcioglu, Omur AU - Unluoglu, Ilhami TI - Triage in terms of medicine and ethics DP - 2004 Dec 01 TA - Saudi Medical Journal PG - 1815--1819 VI - 25 IP - 12 4099 - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/12/1815.short 4100 - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/12/1815.full SO - Saudi Med J2004 Dec 01; 25 AB - Human beings are exposed to countless extraordinary events provoked by the nature or by themselves. When the available resources fail to satisfy the medical needs of numerous injured people and patients in such circumstances, triage application which means "selecting, sorting" is indispensable. This paper examines the medical ethics evaluation of triage and its position in Islam.